Unit 1

Question 1

n.) the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval

Synonyms: Commendation, sanction

Antonyms: disapproval, condemnation, censure

Answer 1

Approbation

Question 2

(v.) to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench

Synonyms: mitigate, alleviate, slake, allay

Antonyms: intensify, aggravate, exacerbate

Answer 2

Assuage

Question 3

(n.) a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose

Synonyms: alliance, league, federation, combine

Antonyms: splinter group

Answer 3

coalition

Question 4

(n.) decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence

Synonyms: degeneration, corruption

Antonyms: rise, growth, development, maturation

Answer 4

decadance

Question 5

v.) to draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person)

Synonyms: call forth, evoke, extract, educe

Antonyms: repress, quash, squelch, stifle

Answer 5

elicit

Question 6

(v.) to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning

Synonyms: protest, remonstrate, complain

Answer 6

expostulate

Question 7

(adj.) used so often as to lack freshness or originality

Synonyms: banal, trite, commonplace, corny

Antonyms: new, fresh, novel, original

Answer 7

hackneyed

Question 8

(n.) a gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing)

Synonyms: pause, lacuna

Antonyms: continuation

Answer 8

hiatus

Question 9

(n.) a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense)

Synonyms: insinuation, intimation

Antonyms: direct statement

Answer 9

innuendo

Question 10

(v.) to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement

Synonyms: intervene, mediate

Answer 10

intercede

Question 11

wearied, worn out, dulled (in the sense of being satisfied by excessive indulgence)
Synonyms: sated, surfeited, cloyed
Antonyms: unspoiled, uncloyed

Answer 11

jaded

Question 12

causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or shallow in color: terrible or passionate in intensity or lack in restraint

Answer 12

lurid

Question 13

worthy or deserving of recognition and praise

Answer 13

meritorious

Question 14

peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset
Synonyms: irritable, testy
Antonyms: even-tempered, placid, serene

Answer 14

petulant

Question 15

a special right or privilege; A special quality showing excellence
synonyms: perk

Answer 15

perogative

Question 16

pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook; countrified in the sense of being limited and backwards
Synonyms: Narrow-minded
Antonyms: broadminded

Answer 16

provincial

Question 17

to make a pretense of, imitate, to show the outer signs of

Answer 17

simulate

Question 18

to rise above or beyond, exceed
Synonyms: surpass, outstrip

Answer 18

transcend

Question 19

shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; overshadowing power; vague suspicion
S: Irritation, annoyance
A: Pleasure, delight, satisfaction

Answer 19

umbrage

Question 20

excessively smooth or smug: trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness
S: Mealymouthed, servile, fawning
A: gruff, blunt

Answer 20

unctuous